tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35591432012-01-24T21:03:42.354-05:00OCCAM'S TOOTHBRUSHMoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.comBlogger9421100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-25773202738647675462009-07-24T17:14:00.001-04:002009-07-24T17:14:22.345-04:00Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-32594581849530709412009-07-01T14:23:00.002-04:002009-07-01T14:27:58.563-04:00Hmmm... been a long time. haven't really felt like doing this in years. I don't know what has changed but I feel like blogging again for some reason. I've lost all the archives from my blogmosis site, which I'm kind of bummed about, but that's life. I'm not really sure what I would write about, but I think I might still have some things to say....More to come if the mood strikes me.Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-871549222003-01-09T02:21:00.000-05:002009-07-01T14:30:16.693-04:00I've Moved!!!! .
Thanks to an extremely generous offer by Mathew and Vicky, of Blogmosis, I have moved to a new location. You can find it at occam.blogmosis.com. Please update your links, favorites, and blogrolls. The site has been redesigned (by Mathew) and I am learning this Movable Type thing a quickly as I can (again, thanks to Mathew) I hope you will come on in and take a look around. For Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-871402372003-01-08T20:21:00.000-05:002009-07-01T14:30:16.695-04:00UNconscionable Claudia Rosett points out that there is no better way to see how misguided UN policies can get, than to look at the way they treat Palestinian "refugees" and compare that to how they treat other groups of refugees. Like the North Koreans, for example, who get no help from the UN, and in fact usually get sent back to North Korea.Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-871363672003-01-08T18:48:00.000-05:002009-07-01T14:30:16.698-04:00While we all worry that North Korea may be able to build as many as five nuclear weapons within a year, is that many? Pop quiz- how many can we build in that time period? Frank Gaffney has the answer, and it may surprise you.Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-871350742003-01-08T18:19:00.000-05:002009-07-01T14:30:16.700-04:00Though there are still plenty of chicken littles out there, it seems that the only natural resource we are in danger of running out of is us. Michael Fumento reports that the world population is likely to start dropping precipitously in the next few decades. Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-871268902003-01-08T15:05:00.000-05:002009-07-01T14:30:16.702-04:00A couple of speeches and symposiums by Daniel Pipes have been cancelled at colleges around the country, under pressure from some of his academic enemies, who have been accusing him of "McCarthyism" There is simply nothing better than unintentional irony. Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-871256032003-01-08T14:34:00.000-05:002009-07-01T14:30:16.704-04:00Françoise Giroud (Translated by Douglas Gillison) writes of the roots of European attitudes towards the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in The Shoah They Can't Swallow ("Cette Shoah qui ne passe pas"). With remarkable rapidity (starting with the first stone of the second Intifada), a striking reversal has come about. At last! We're allowed to speak ill of Jews!
Even if that old brigand Arafat Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-870631952003-01-07T10:44:00.000-05:002009-07-01T14:30:16.707-04:00In the past few weeks I've read something like fifty or sixty news and opinion articles about Korea, and a few of them stand out. Together I think they offer some answers to the questions, Why now? What do the North Koreans want? Why is the Bush administration ignoring Korea? What exactly are the options facing the administration, and wouldn't it be better if we faced them now? First , why now? Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-870618652003-01-07T10:10:00.000-05:002009-07-01T14:30:16.710-04:00Mark Steyn has a lot to say on the subject of ID, and those five guys we're supposed to be looking for. The FBI didn't know they were looking for Mr. Asghar. They thought they were looking for Mustafa Khan Owasi, under whose name they released the photograph of Mr. Asghar. Mr. Owasi is one of five highly suspicious men Americans were urged to be alert for in the run-up to New Year's Eve. They mayMoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-870124682003-01-06T11:48:00.000-05:002009-07-01T14:30:16.712-04:00It's hard to run a tight ship at terrorist organizations these days. (Ali: How much did we pay for these desks? Mohammed: Didn't you get the memo?) James Robbins on Al Qaeda's organizational problems, and the troubles of one of their internal auditors.Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-869567232003-01-05T04:48:00.000-05:002009-07-01T14:30:16.713-04:00Anne Bayefsky writes that the UN General Assembly doesn't agree on much, except when it comes to Israel. Last week, the General Assembly adopted a resolution on Palestinian children. This brings the number of resolutions on the human rights of children to three: one on the rights of the child, one on the "girl child," and one on Palestinian children. The Palestinian children, it seems, didn't Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-869453972003-01-04T22:32:00.000-05:002009-07-01T14:30:16.715-04:00Max Boot says that everyone, from Arafat, to the Arab world, to the Israeli left is exploiting the Palestinians. An interesting take.Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-869432292003-01-04T21:29:00.000-05:002009-07-01T14:30:16.718-04:00Joel Mowbray on the reasons why getting rid of the (double) taxation of dividends is a good thing, and why merely reducing it by 50% would be far less then half as good. The only variable at this point is that the White House may only propose a 50% cut in the dividend tax because of the “cost” of the full monty. But as ATR’s Norquist explains, killing the tax is an easier sale to make because “Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-868782962003-01-03T10:21:00.000-05:002009-07-01T14:30:16.720-04:00Victor Davis Hanson has a message for senator Patty Murray; It’s Not the Money, Stupid! Just a little more evidence of a liberal who doesn't get the idea of evil, looking for other ways to explain it. Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-868690842003-01-03T03:43:00.000-05:002009-07-01T14:30:16.722-04:00Christopher Hitchens takes another step on his journey away from the hard left with this piece on the necessity of the word "Evil" Everybody knows that morality is indissoluble from the idea of conscience and that something innate in us will condemn murder and theft without having to have the lesson pedantically inculcated. What kind of leftism is that? I'm starting to get suspicious that HitchMoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-868673792003-01-03T02:41:00.000-05:002009-07-01T14:30:16.725-04:00If you want to read nine pages of horsesh*t, read this interview with Kaddafi's son. It was on NRO so I kept reading through endless annoying stuff like this part, after he claims his father is not connected to the Libyan government in any way: Taheri: So how do things work in Libya, how are decisions made? How can your father, who has no position whatsoever, pick up the phone and tell any Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-868216742003-01-02T04:05:00.000-05:002009-07-01T14:30:16.727-04:00David Asman, an anchor for Fox news, writes about how his son is earning his citizenship. A touching story, that belies the Rangel fantasy that we need a draft so all segments of our society can feel invested in our military's successes and failures. (Peggy Noonan wrote a touching article a while back on some similar stories.) As for Rangel, he might be interested in this piece, de-bunking the Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-868088832003-01-01T21:46:00.000-05:002009-07-01T14:30:16.729-04:00The Hammer of The Gods, Will Drive Our Ships To New Lands Eric Lindholm , the man behind the Smarter Harper's Index, is starting a blog, which can be found at vikingpundit.blogspot.com. Judging by his past performance it should be a must-read. It's going right on the blogroll. Drop by and take a look around.Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-868059082003-01-01T20:27:00.000-05:002009-07-01T14:30:16.731-04:00Frederick Grab on the difference between a fact and a "factoid," and why some of the things you know are simply false. Like, say, the idea that there is a place called Palastine.Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-867998002003-01-01T17:33:00.000-05:002009-07-01T14:30:16.733-04:00Xu Wenli ,one of the founders of the democracy movement in China, is visiting America, and he has some insights on the source of our freedoms. Seeing people of all different colors walking peaceably along the same New York streets provides one insight. I know that there has been much strife and sorrow in the history of the United States and the world because of differences: religious, political,Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-867997672003-01-01T17:32:00.000-05:002009-07-01T14:30:16.735-04:00Words to live by
To begin a journey of 365 days, you must first do something about your hangover.
(today's Guindon cartoon caption)
Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-867826882003-01-01T05:42:00.000-05:002009-07-01T14:30:16.737-04:00Happy New Year!
I actually have a few posts I've been wanting to make, but at this point I'm going to wait until I'm sober.Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-866955892002-12-30T07:57:00.000-05:002009-07-01T14:30:16.739-04:00Max Boot on what it means to be a Neocon. This is part of what the WSJ has been calling an "occasional series" on Conservatism. You can find links to the rest of the series at the bottom of the page. I would highly recommend the pieces by Fukuyama and Scruton, if you're looking to read on.Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-866858672002-12-30T00:44:00.000-05:002009-07-01T14:30:16.741-04:00David Warren remarks on how uneventful the past year has been, and while much happened behind the scenes, most of it passed under the major media’s radar. Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-866845642002-12-30T00:04:00.000-05:002009-07-01T14:30:16.743-04:00The lawsuits that have been popping up recently against fast food companies have been an obvious attempt to follow the path laid down in the last decade’s crusade against the cigarette companies. Most people haven’t taken them very seriously, because, after all, what have the food companies done that was so scandalous? The cigarette people were supposed to have knowingly sold a dangerous product Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-866814002002-12-29T22:30:00.000-05:002009-07-01T14:30:16.745-04:00As the McCain-Fiengold restrictions on political speech go before the Supreme Court this year, George Will wants you to remember that the influence of money in politics is not as great as some would have you believe. Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-866723102002-12-29T17:52:00.000-05:002009-07-01T14:30:16.747-04:00I know many of you have already seen this, but I need to point it out to those of you who haven't, Read this wonderful essay by Bill Whittle on the word "Empire," and what it means when it is referring to the U.S. Bill is the author of "Guns and Freedom" which I linked to a little while back. He now has his own blog, called Eject! Eject! Eject!, which I hope means we will be hearing from him Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-866538752002-12-29T04:02:00.000-05:002009-07-01T14:30:16.749-04:00David Warren writes a summary of the Korean situation that paints a pretty scary picture. The Koreans are acting very feisty, says Warren, and though we'd like to let some other countries in the region handle this one, it's turning out that Russia, China, and Pakistan aren't really "with us" in the "with us, or against us" sense.Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-866003642002-12-27T16:11:00.000-05:002009-07-01T14:30:16.752-04:00David Mamet is visiting Israel and he remarks on the difference between The Real, and the Imaginary, Jew. Here, in Israel, are actual Jews, fighting for their country, against both terror and misthought public opinion, as well as disgracefully biased and, indeed, fraudulent reporting. Here are people courageously going about their lives, in that which, sad to say, were it not a Jewish state, Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-865994122002-12-27T15:41:00.000-05:002009-07-01T14:30:16.754-04:00Victor Davis Hanson on the aftershocks of an Iraqi war, and what they will mean for the world. Don't miss this one.Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-865983302002-12-27T15:04:00.000-05:002009-07-01T14:30:16.757-04:00William E. Grim is an American living in Germany and he recently attended a screening in Munich of Roman Polanski's new film, The Pianist. This film is based on the true story of the Polish Jewish piano virtuoso Wladyslaw Szpilman, who survived the entire Nazi occupation of Warsaw hiding in the ghetto and at times being hidden right under the noses of the Nazis in safe houses maintained by the Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-865975542002-12-27T14:38:00.000-05:002009-07-01T14:30:16.759-04:00Peter A. Brown says it's time for a divorce in the Saudi-U.S. relationship, but that doesn't mean we can't remain friends, at least for a little while. A pretty good analysis.Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-865948502002-12-27T13:15:00.000-05:002009-07-01T14:30:16.761-04:00Reuel Marc Gerecht writes that The President's policies aren't living up to his rhetoric when it comes to pushing Democracy in the Middle East. Rhetoric isn't a small thing though, and it's certainly a start.Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-865922892002-12-27T12:02:00.000-05:002009-07-01T14:30:16.763-04:00January's Smarter Harper's Index is up! Don't miss it.Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-865729242002-12-26T22:58:00.000-05:002009-07-01T14:30:16.765-04:00Read this fascinating Conversation on the Beach, between a holocaust survivor and a young Arab student. It's an absolutely fascinating and scary look into the mind of a young radical Arab. What is also worth noting is that he's a student at an Israeli university. That is truly stunning.Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-865723312002-12-26T22:44:00.000-05:002009-07-01T14:30:16.767-04:00Women don't have a lot of power in Islamic societies, but here are some Muslim women that are trying to take the political situation in Sudan into their own hands, using the one weapon they still have.
(via NoLeftTurns)Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-865685812002-12-26T20:57:00.000-05:002009-07-01T14:30:16.768-04:00Rowan Scarborough introduces many of the new weapons that the U.S. will have at their disposal, for the coming war with Iraq. According to Air Force Lt. Gen. Thomas McInerney, our military is "ten times as powerful" as we were the last time around. Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-865069482002-12-25T01:39:00.000-05:002009-07-01T14:30:16.770-04:00Elie Wiesel says that war is the only option for Iraq: I find war repugnant. All wars. I know war's monstrous aspects: blood and corpses everywhere, hungry refugees, devastated cities, orphans in tears and houses in ruins. I find no beauty in it. But it is with a heavy heart I ask this: what is to be done? Do we have the right not to intervene, when we know what passivity and appeasement will Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-864888842002-12-24T14:26:00.000-05:002009-07-01T14:30:16.772-04:00Just another note on the Iranian radio post: One thing I failed to mention in my last post, is that according to Kenneth Tomlinson, chairman of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (which overseas U.S. government foreign broadcasts), in the switch from 11 hours, to around the clock programming, total news and current affairs programming at the station would rise. If true, there is almost no way toMoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-864673782002-12-24T00:42:00.000-05:002009-07-01T14:30:16.775-04:00Can all this possibly be true? If even some of it is, our government has much to answer for. A friend of mine has recommended Rigler's writing to me before, and this article has some good sources. It involves Jonathan Pollard, Aldrich Ames, and their connection to Iraq.
(via IsraPundit)
Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-864455882002-12-23T14:16:00.000-05:002009-07-01T14:30:16.777-04:00David Adesnik (Oxblog) takes issue with the President's Statement to the Iranian People that I linked to yesterday. Adesnik thinks the President is just giving cover to Voice of America (in Iran), who have been criticized for their switch from an all news and politics format, to a music mix, with news and politics taking a lesser role. He has some company. Jesse Helms, Jackson Diehl, and the NY Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-864339172002-12-23T08:34:00.000-05:002009-07-01T14:30:16.779-04:00The U.S. ambassador to London recently hosted an "iftar dinner." On the guest list? Hamas representative Azzam Tamimi. Dr Tamimi said he regarded the reception last month as a valuable contacts-building exercise with US diplomatic staff. "America is not George Bush. America is not Dick Cheney. It is a continent of 260 million who come from various parts of the world, including Arab countries," heMoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-864305562002-12-23T05:36:00.000-05:002009-07-01T14:30:16.846-04:00George Will alerts us to a small victory for common sense in the dense thicket of inside Washington budget squabbles that could, if Bush and his team have their way, mean a major shift in the way our government does business.Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-864304542002-12-23T05:30:00.000-05:002009-07-01T14:30:16.848-04:00Time magazine has named Bush & Cheney, “Partnership of the Year,” and Nancy Gibbs has written a really interesting look into their relationship. Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-864302452002-12-23T05:17:00.000-05:002009-07-01T14:30:16.850-04:00Aram Roston has compiled a nifty who’s who in the Saudi royal family. It isn’t easy to keep the names straight, but I was surprised reading the article how much I already knew. Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-863983482002-12-22T11:07:00.000-05:002009-07-01T14:30:16.852-04:00President Bush continues to say all the right things about Iran, and this time he said them directly to the Iranian people. If only his State Department played along, some things might get done.
(via Instapundit)Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-863982202002-12-22T11:02:00.000-05:002009-07-01T14:30:16.855-04:00Vernon Loeb writes of the rise of our air power, and the unheralded engineers and airmen that helped bring America to the pinnacle of modern military power. Don't miss the description of the " Sensor Fuzed Weapon," and the " Low Cost Autonomous Attack System." Absolutely fascinating.Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-863968012002-12-22T10:04:00.000-05:002009-07-01T14:30:16.857-04:00I have never been a huge fan of Fouad Ajami's, but this piece goes a long way toward changing my mind. He argues that we must bring modernity to the Arab world at the point of a gun. And while we won't be welcomed, we should not be deterred. There should be no illusions about the sort of Arab landscape that America is destined to find if, or when, it embarks on a war against the Iraqi regime. Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-863897222002-12-22T03:11:00.000-05:002009-07-01T14:30:16.859-04:00Glenn Reynolds points out that Smallpox vaccinations are about deterrence, not defense, and that the main beneficiaries of a nationwide vaccination program will be the rest of the world, not necessarily ourselves. Do we have what it takes to be Smallpox Martyrs?Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-863753082002-12-21T18:21:00.000-05:002009-07-01T14:30:16.861-04:00Victor Davis Hanson has some reminders for us, about why we're fighting this war, who we are fighting against, and what winning and losing will look like.Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-863747982002-12-21T18:04:00.000-05:002002-12-21T18:12:57.000-05:00David Warren writes that the U.S. Has lost the element of surprise and that Saddam's actions shows that he knows exactly what's coming, and that he may have a few more tricks up his sleeve.Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-863208652002-12-20T10:33:00.000-05:002002-12-20T10:33:41.573-05:00A new report submitted to the UN by Jean-Charles Brisard explores the ties between the house of Saud and Al Qaeda. It names seven Saudis as the "main individual sponsors of terrorism." Joel Mowbrey has the story, and you can read the actual report here.Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-863205502002-12-20T10:24:00.000-05:002002-12-20T10:24:55.283-05:00The FBI was apparently so worried about upsetting the Saudis in the period before 9/11 that they called off investigations that may have helped avoid the attack. This is some terrible news, and though I have heard similar things before, these guys seem pretty damn credible. There are many, many, people in some of our intelligence agencies who need to be relieved of their jobs. I don't pretend to Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-863162232002-12-20T07:57:00.000-05:002002-12-20T07:57:16.176-05:00Joel Mowbray claims that the administration was acting on bad information when they let the Yemeni scuds go, and if they had to make the decision today, they wouldn't let it go.Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-862722952002-12-19T10:19:00.000-05:002002-12-19T10:19:27.220-05:00Michael Ledeen thinks the next step in Iran is a brutal crackdown by the Mullahs, and he thinks it's already starting to happen. That is the way these things always seem to end, and most of the time, brutal governments are successful in putting down the protesters. Let's hope it doesn't work that way this time.Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-862708392002-12-19T09:40:00.000-05:002002-12-19T09:40:54.203-05:00Christopher Hitchens is sick of the terms "multilateralism" and "unilateralism." It seems odd, he says, that European governments can oppose something because it's "unilateralism," when all it would take for the same proposal to be "multilateral" is their own agreement.Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-862612722002-12-19T03:12:00.000-05:002002-12-19T03:12:53.930-05:00I forgot to post this yesterday. Anne Applebaum, in the Washington Post, adds her name to the list of people that feel the Administration isn't doing enough to support the people of Iran.Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-862578792002-12-19T01:08:00.000-05:002002-12-19T01:08:05.300-05:00I've been ignoring all the articles about Lott that I possibly can, but Krauthammer, well, I have to read him. He writes of the different reasons that different types of Conservatives have for wanting Lott gone. He wants Lott gone even if it means losing the senate. A man who has no use--let alone no feel--for colorblindness has no business being a leader of the conservative party. True, if Lott Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-862563442002-12-19T00:24:00.000-05:002002-12-19T14:03:57.000-05:00This is an amazing video of what an AC-130 Gunship can do. This is actual footage from Afghanistan.
(via Blogs of War)
Update: Here is a working link courtesy of John AndersonMoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-862555492002-12-19T00:02:00.000-05:002002-12-19T00:10:15.000-05:00A friend of mine is starting a project in the Detroit area called SOOTH (Speak Out Opposing Terrorism and Hate) that will attempt to hold local Arab and Muslim organizations, and their leaders, accountable for their views on terrorism. It is quite an interesting idea. As you may know the Detroit area is home to this country's largest Arab community, and there are countless Arab and Muslim Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-862476772002-12-18T20:59:00.000-05:002002-12-18T20:59:13.686-05:00Jonah Goldberg weighs in with a great column on the difference between racism and sexism, and though the column is inspired by some Trent Lott-related comments, it steers clear of the issue for the most part. Is anyone else sick to death of this whole thing?Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-862053352002-12-18T00:41:00.000-05:002002-12-18T00:41:49.000-05:00According to reports emenating from the Berlin-based left-wing paper Tageszeitung, the recent Iraqi declaration contains the names of 80 German firms, research laboratories and people, who are said to have helped Iraq develop its weapons program. I think they've got some splainin' to do. Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-862047122002-12-18T00:23:00.000-05:002002-12-18T00:23:37.240-05:00This is simply the best argument for gun ownership I have ever read.
(via Instapundit)Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-862045012002-12-18T00:18:00.000-05:002002-12-18T00:18:45.016-05:00David Warren reports on the recently concluded conference of Iraqi exiles in London. He says the U.S got pretty much what they wanted, except for a declaration by many of the groups that that don't want any sort of military government, which Warren thinks is a fait accompli . The answer to them, from an outside view, is, "Fine, you can run Iraq instead of Saddam, and all by yourself if you want Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-861803742002-12-17T14:54:00.000-05:002002-12-17T14:54:47.493-05:00On the subject of Saddam-Al Qaeda ties, Jack Kelly says it's getting harder and harder to pretend they don't exist.Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-861798802002-12-17T14:42:00.000-05:002002-12-17T14:42:24.483-05:00David Rose has an article in Vanity Fair this month that is supposed to clearly link Saddam and Al Qaeda. I haven't read it and I don't think it's online, but here is a summary of sorts that Rose wrote for a London paper.Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-861788062002-12-17T14:18:00.000-05:002002-12-17T14:20:08.000-05:00The conventional wisdom has been that we couldn't fight in Iraq in the summer, and I've always wondered how concrete that was. The British are now saying it wouldn't be that much of a problem.Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-861619582002-12-17T07:09:00.000-05:002002-12-17T07:24:12.000-05:00David Warren writes about what he would do if he were POTUS, and all I can say is "David Warren for President." BTW… The James Woolsey speech he's talking about can be found here, and if you haven't read it yet, do so now. That’s an orderMoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-861617292002-12-17T06:59:00.000-05:002002-12-17T06:59:40.760-05:00I missed the Trent Lott interview on BET last night, but Brian Chapin didn't miss a thing. Check out what he has to say. Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-861616152002-12-17T06:55:00.000-05:002002-12-17T06:55:21.243-05:00Fareed Zakaria joins Michael Ledeen in calling for the Administration to do more to support the students in Iran. Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-861614422002-12-17T06:48:00.000-05:002002-12-17T06:48:38.000-05:00Seymour Hersch writes of The Bush Administration's new "Manhunt" strategy and the infighting it's causing within the Defense Department.Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-859631462002-12-13T16:30:00.000-05:002002-12-13T16:30:09.933-05:00Pat Buchanan, Michael Ledeen, Dr. Charles Kupchan, Victor Davis Hanson, and Danielle Pletka discuss Appeasement Then and Now, in a symposium over at FrontpageMag. It's good stuff, and Buchanan and Ledeen get into it a little bit.Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-859487872002-12-13T10:43:00.000-05:002002-12-13T10:43:26.790-05:00Michael Ledeen, who has been screaming that the Bush administration is not doing enough about Iran, has had quite enough. The Scud Surrender is proof, he says, that the Bushies are "wimps" No doubt some master negotiators and crisis-resolution types are celebrating this new show of American concern for the tender sensitivities of our allies in the war against terrorism, but you can be sure that Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-859482382002-12-13T10:31:00.000-05:002002-12-13T10:31:00.986-05:00Victor Davis Hanson writes of Our Islands in the Storm, and why they are uniquely made in America: Presently the open seas are ours; and such 23-storey enforcers go where they wish and do what they please — not only ensuring America's freedom, but guaranteeing that the Japanese can buy oil, the Chinese can ship Wal-Mart their sundry goods, and our food reaches hungry Africa. Ships that helped Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-859095632002-12-12T15:21:00.000-05:002002-12-12T15:23:15.000-05:00Another great quote: In an op-ed in the New York Times that attempts to describe the mood in Washington to those in Europe who don't understand the need for war, Timothy Garton Ash writes, "With his 12,000-page report to the United Nations, Saddam Hussein has written perhaps the longest suicide note in history." Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-859074222002-12-12T14:33:00.000-05:002002-12-12T14:33:52.460-05:00 Stephen Green pointed this one out.Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-859070892002-12-12T14:27:00.000-05:002002-12-12T15:07:07.000-05:00Al-Qaeda, it seems, developed its strategy for "Fourth Generation Warfare" from a paper by some Department of Defense Military strategists. This somewhat scary article ends with a beautiful comment from William S. Lind on what makes America the country it is. "As we weep even over their casualties," he says, "they will be cheering over ours."
(via LGF)Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-858818392002-12-12T01:56:00.000-05:002002-12-12T14:20:29.000-05:00I haven't linked to any of the Lott-must-go articles yet, because frankly there hasn't been much interesting going on. The best argument I've seen yet is this one by Jonah Goldberg. The one thing that stands out most in the past few days is the lack of support Lott is getting. The remark Lott made was, if a little stupid, defensible. So far, the only one in Washington willing to say anything niceMoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-858628062002-12-11T18:29:00.000-05:002002-12-11T18:29:02.630-05:00Christopher Hitchens, my favorite leftist, argues for American Imperialism: …the plain fact remains that when the rest of the world wants anything done in a hurry, it applies to American power. If the "Europeans" or the United Nations had been left with the task, the European provinces of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo would now be howling wildernesses, Kuwait would be the 19th province of a Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-858546052002-12-11T15:33:00.000-05:002002-12-11T15:33:05.520-05:00According to many university Presidents, condemning anti-Semitism is a racist act. They are refusing to sign a statement condemning anti-Semitism, because it's "one-sided." Barry Strauss takes them to task.Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-858537012002-12-11T15:12:00.000-05:002002-12-11T15:12:51.286-05:00Daniel Pipes says the corruption of our representatives to Saudi Arabia is so pervasive that it may be impossible for the executive branch to fix, and that it's time for Congress to do something about it.Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-858528802002-12-11T14:54:00.000-05:002002-12-11T14:54:59.290-05:00Michael Ledeen wants to know why on earth would we not want to support a revolution in Iran. As demonstrations that were mainly student-led turn into larger and larger public calls for a referendum, why is the Bush administration sitting this one out? Why?Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-858267942002-12-11T02:02:00.000-05:002002-12-12T11:59:22.000-05:00Spotted; that oft mentioned, but rarely seen, creature, the moderate Muslim. Irfan Khawaja writes of anti-semitism in the American Muslim community. Many Arabs and Muslims, especially those in official leadership positions, will want to play dumb at this point, professing never to have encountered any significant anti-Semitism in their communities. But most people, I think, know exactly what I Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-858120642002-12-10T20:25:00.000-05:002002-12-10T20:26:02.000-05:00The Bush administration hasn't really shared what type of post-Saddam government it prefers, and has told the members of an upcoming conference of Iraqi exiles not to make any plans. Amir Taheri has some suggestions, and thinks they shouldn't wait for the U.S. Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-858116192002-12-10T20:15:00.000-05:002002-12-10T20:15:53.000-05:00George Gilder has some things to say about China and Capitalism that you might not expect. Is China a threat? An opportunity? This might change your mind.Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-857891712002-12-10T11:50:00.000-05:002002-12-10T11:50:31.000-05:00Angelo Codevilla has been an outspoken critic of the Bush administration, for not doing enough to fight the real problem, which he sees as the states that sponsor terror, (as opposed to the terrorists themselves). He thinks the administration has treated the situation too much like a law and order problem. In a new article in the Claremont Review of Books (a great publication, by the way) he Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-857867082002-12-10T10:58:00.000-05:002002-12-10T10:59:05.000-05:00Kill Kurds, Not Mumia - This is some funny stuff.
(via LGF)Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-857826562002-12-10T09:25:00.000-05:002002-12-10T09:25:46.000-05:00This is about the best definition of American Conservatism I have read. Roger Scroton on A Question of Temperament.Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-857257932002-12-09T08:37:00.000-05:002002-12-09T08:37:31.476-05:00The students/ revolutionaries in Iran got their biggest show of support from the general populace they have yet received, as 10,000 show up to protest the government. Read the article, the details are interesting.Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-857254282002-12-09T08:25:00.000-05:002002-12-09T08:38:13.000-05:00John Derbyshire writes of an America hated, but yearning to be loved: Probably anti-Americanism will be with us for a long time yet. This is a shame, because the one thing everyone notices about us Americans is how much we want to be liked. That, at any rate, used to be the thing everyone noticed. I do not think the yearning to be liked has departed from the American psyche yet, but it now findsMoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-856851612002-12-08T12:55:00.000-05:002002-12-08T12:55:03.113-05:00Andrew Stuttaford over at The Corner can't figure out if this piece is supposed to be ironic. I'm in the same boat, though I'm sure it's supposed to be humorous on some level. Either way, it's pretty creepy.Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-856833572002-12-08T12:00:00.000-05:002002-12-08T12:00:15.743-05:00Mark Steyn pays tribute to Strom Thurmond as a man who has done a whole lot of loving, er…I mean living.Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-856693262002-12-08T01:07:00.000-05:002002-12-08T01:07:45.703-05:00The USS Truman left Norfolk for the Persian Gulf this Thursday, to the sound of the following announcement: "Peace on Earth to men of goodwill," a voice said over the loudspeakers. "All others stand by."
(via Peter Schramm at NoLeftTurns)Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-856688312002-12-08T00:53:00.000-05:002002-12-08T00:55:36.000-05:00The demonstrations in Iran are getting larger...Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-856681022002-12-08T00:32:00.000-05:002002-12-08T00:32:06.990-05:00The NY Times has an intriguing article on how hard it is to oppose this war. Liberals are finding themselves arguing for the preservation of a brutal dictatorship. one chilly evening in late November, a panel discussion on Iraq was convened at New York University. The participants were liberal intellectuals, and one by one they framed reasonable arguments against a war in Iraq: inspections need Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-856590742002-12-07T20:02:00.000-05:002002-12-07T20:02:47.000-05:00Here's how the machinery of Transnational Progressivism really works. If you are unfamiliar with the term "Transnational Progressivism," read this article or this short summary.Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-856578332002-12-07T19:22:00.000-05:002002-12-07T19:22:45.190-05:00David Warren says it's crunch time in the game that Hans Blix is playing: It is a game of diplomatic brinkmanship. Mr. Blix, Kofi Annan, the U.N. secretary-general, and in the background, the French and the Russians and others, working from the various different motives I have tried to explain in previous articles, are counting on Mr. Bush to be too cautious and diplomatic to call their bluff. Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-856565682002-12-07T18:44:00.000-05:002002-12-07T18:44:14.910-05:00Tim Hames, in the Times of London, reports on a world trying it's best to hate America.Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3559143.post-856102512002-12-06T16:34:00.000-05:002002-12-06T16:35:42.000-05:00Lee Harris has the lead article In Policy Review. It's called The Intellectual Origins Of America-Bashing. I loved it, but I'm not sure how many of you will.It's really hard to sum up but here's little piece: The left, if it is not to condemn itself to become a fantasy ideology, must reconcile itself not only with the reality of America, but with its dialectical necessity — America is the sine Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11464067480959349464noreply@blogger.com0